Oil-can nozzle



G. R. SHEPHERD.

I OIL cm NOZZLE; APPLICATION HLED MAB-l1, 1919- Patented Oct. 14,1919.

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pouring end of the nozzle.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE R. SHEPHERD, OF BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS.

OIL-CAN NOZZLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented'Oct. 14, 1919 Application filed March 17, 1919. Serial No. 283,176.

spring-closed cover of an oil cupfand pour oilv into the cup without the necessity of contact of. the operators fingers with the oil cup and cover.

The object of the invention is to provide an oil can nozzle with improved cover-displacing means adapted to be conveniently pouring end of the nozzle, made from a single blank of sheet metal which may be either'soldered to the body of the nozzle, or

formed as an integral parfithereof.

Of the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification,-

Figures 1 and 2 are views of opposite sides of a nozzle embodying the invention.

Fig. '3 is an end view looking toward the Fig. 4 is a side view of an oil cup, illustrating a part of the operation of applying the nozzle to the cup and displacing the cover.

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of the cup and nozzle, showing the cover completely displaced and the nozzle in pouring position.

Fig. 6 is a side view of the blank from which the nozzle enlargement shown bythe preceding figures is or may be made.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view ofan alternative construction, the nozzle enlargement being integral with the body of the nozzle.

Fig. 8 is a longitudinal section of the nozzle formed as shownby Fig. 7.

Fig. 9 is a section on line 99 of Fig. 8.

The'same reference characters'indicate the same parts in all of the figures.

An oil can nozzle embodying my inven-- tion is provided with an enlargement at its pouring end, said enlar vided with a substantial y flat side portion 12 which is under the bore 13 of the nozzle ement being prowhen the latter is in pouring position, a recess or notch 14in one end of the side portion 12, adapted to receive a portion of the periphery of an oil cup 15, and an endpor tion 16, which is inclined relatively to the fiat side portion 12 and the bore 18, and extends across the pouring end of the nozzle.

When the invention is embodied as shown by Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, the enlargement is formed from a single blank of sheet metal, formed as shown b Fig. 6. Said blankincludes the wings 1 17 adapted to be bent to form a tube or ferrule 18 embracing the nozzle body 19, and secured to the latter by soldering or brazing, said wings having edges 17 which may'abut together to form a oint at one side of the ferrule, as indicated by Fig. 2. The blank includes also the main. portion 20, one end of which is provided with the notches or recesses 14 14 and the intermediate notch or recess 16*. The body portion 20 is folded on itself along the dotted lines 23, 23, (Fig. 6), to define the longitudinal edges of the flat side portion 12, the notches 14 being thus brought into registration'with each other to form the recess. 14. The central portion of the blank body containingthe central notch 16 is pressed to form a bridge 24, extending across one side of the nozzle body 19, as shown by Fig. 3. The pressing op- 'eration which forms the bridge 24, converts A nozzle provided with an'enlargement characterized as above stated, is adapted to be first placed against one side of the periphery of an oil cup 15, under the over hanging margin of the spring-closed cover 15 of the cup, in the position shown by full lines in Fig. 4, the inclined end portion 16 being in contact with 'theund'er side of the cover. The operator may 'now move the nozzle endwise while holding it in an inclined position, thus causing the side portion 12 to slide on the mouth of the cup to the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4, the end portion 16 at the same time sliding under and partially displacing the cup. The operator may now incline the nozzle to pouring position, as shown by Fig. '5, this operation increasing the displacement of the cover 15 The recess 14 is in the path of oil issuing from the nozzle so that oil flows through said recess into the cup, as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 5.

It will be seen that the operator is materially aided by the recess 14 in locating the nozzle enlargement on the periphery of the oil cup under the overhanging edge of the cover, and that after locating the enlargement, it is only necessary to tip the nozzle to a pouring angle shown by Fig. 5.

W'hile I have described somewhat minutely the form of the blank from which the enlargement is made, I am not limited to this particular form, it being ObVlOllS that an enlargement adapted to operate as described, may be made from a blank difierently formed.

Figs. 7 8 and 9 illustrate a nozzle enlargement embodying the invention, formed integral with the body of the nozzle, the blank in which the ozzle and enlargement is formed being folded upon itself at 25, to define the longitudinal edges of the flat side portion 26, said blank being pressed to form conduit wall portions 27 constituting continuations of the bore of the nozzle, the blank being provided with ears 28 which are abutted together andi united by soldering or to receive a portion of the periphery of the 3 oil cup, and having the same functions as the recess 14 above described. The portion of the nozzle enlargement containing the recess 30 projects forward from the pouring end of the nozzle, and is adapted to be in- 4 serted between the oil cup and its cover be fore the inclined end portion 29 comes to a bearing on the edge of the cover.

I claim:

An oil can nozzle having an enlargement 4 at its pouring end, said enlargement being provided with a substantially fiat side portion which is below the bore of the nozzle, when the latter is in pouring position, a recess in one end of said side portion adapted 51 to receive a portion of the periphery of an oil cup, and a 'coVerJifting end portion which is inclined relatively to the said side portion, and extends across the pouring end of the nozzle. 5

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

GEORGE E. SHEPHERD. 

